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This brochure showcases the initiatives and best practices in gender responsive budgeting (GRB), implemented in Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, North Macedonia and Serbia, as part of the regional GRB project 'Transformative Financing for Gender Equality towards more Transparent, Inclusive and Accountable Governance in the Western Balkans', which is financially supported by the Government of Sweden - SIDA.
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The Gender Equality Index for North Macedonia provides a comparative overview of the progress achieved compared to the first Country Index in 2019, and provides comparison with the 2021 Gender Equality Index of EU and EU member states as well as the EU candidate countries (Albania, Serbia and Montenegro).
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The report “Gender perspectives at the Regional Forum on Sustainable Development 2023” was developed by the UN Women Regional Office for Europe and Central Asia. It offers an insightful snapshot on how gender equality and women’s rights issues were incorporated within the agenda of the seventh session of the Regional Forum on Sustainable Development for the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe.
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UN Women North Macedonia released the “Analysis of Perceptions of Gender and Corruption in North Macedonia,” which aims to present information on the perceptions of the gender dimension of corruption in the public and private sectors in North Macedonia, the existence of gender-sensitive structures for reporting corruption, and the ability and willingness of the public to report corruption.
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The UN Women office in North Macedonia released the first Country Gender Equality Profile (CGEP) of the country, presenting quantitative and qualitative data analysis about the situation of gender equality in the country.
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The newsletter of the UN Women regional flagship programme “Making Every Woman and Girl Count” (Women Count) provides the latest updates on improving gender data production and use in Europe and Central Asia.
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This brief context analysis shares observations and common gaps in National Action Plans (NAPs) on UNSCR 1325 in seven countries in Europe and Central Asia. It underlines the importance of some key priorities to be addressed in NAPs and offers considerations for countries who will be developing their first or next generation NAPs.
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Organized in Slovakia under the 2023 Slovakia Regional Refugee Response Plan and co-facilitated by UN Women and Mareena, a half-day consultation was held with local women’s led organizations, women’s rights organizations, and other organizations working on gender equality in the Ukraine refugee response. This document is a summary of key findings and recommendations from the consultation, which can be used to inform ongoing and future refugee response efforts in Slovakia.
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Organized in Poland under the 2023 Poland Regional Refugee Response Plan and co-facilitated by UN Women and the Polish Migration Forum, a half-day consultation was held with local women’s led organizations, women’s rights organizations, and other organizations working on gender equality in the Ukraine refugee response. This document is a summary of key findings and recommendations from the consultation, which can be used to inform ongoing and future refugee response efforts in Poland.
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"Gender-responsive Procurement Summit" Outcome report outlines key points raised during the Summit, providing; successful studies and examples of gender-responsive procurement (GRP) so far in Türkiye and future studies and suggestions on GRP.
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This brief provides a short overview of the third year achievements of the 3-year programme ’EU 4 Gender Equality: Together against gender stereotypes and gender-based violence’. The programme seeks to strengthen equal rights and opportunities for women and men by shifting social perceptions around gender roles, tackling gender stereotypes, and increasing men’s participation in childcare and other domestic responsibilities.
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Developed by UN Women on behalf of the Regional Gender Task Force, this guidance note offers insights concerning how to enhance the gender-responsiveness of assessments connected to the Ukraine Refugee Response. This guidance note does so by presenting good practices related to methodology, data collection, ethical considerations, and protection and do not harm. These components are also connected to the importance of Sex and Age Disaggregated Data and Gender Analysis.
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As of June 2023, 15 UN Member States introduced feminist lenses to their foreign policies (FFPs). The policy brief examines the various FFPs and identifies shared aspects and gaps across seven key themes: WPS; political participation; economic empowerment; diplomacy; official development assistance; human rights/humanitarianism; violence against women and girls.
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The "Turn off sexual violence" campaign featured several events to different parts of Bosnia and Herzegovina, engaging decision-makers, citizens, and influencers. The message of the campaign was clear: women and girls deserve a life free of any form of violence, especially sexual violence.
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This research paper thoroughly investigates the issues of violence and workplace sexual abuse (harassment) against women in the Republic of Kazakhstan. Through comprehensive statistical studies, authors elucidate the extent and pervasiveness of such atrocities in the country.
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This brochure summarizes UN Women’s strategic note (SN) for Albania, 2022–2026, which provides a roadmap for improving the lives of women and girls in Albania. The SN articulates UN Women’s multi-year strategy, rationale, envisioned results, targets, and resource requirements for the next five years.
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Co-led and developed by UN Women on behalf of the Regional Gender Taskforce, this gender brief analyzes the access to employment and livelihoods of refugees from Ukraine and its gendered impacts. This is done through a review of key barriers (women) refugees face to building livelihoods, an identification of good practices adopted thus far, and 38 recommendations for how actors in the humanitarian response can address these barriers moving forward.
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2022 was the first year of implementation of UN Women Türkiye Strategic Note for 2022-2025, which outlines the overarching strategy and priority areas of work of UN Women in the country. Highlights 2022 report tells UN Women Türkiye's story over the year 2022 and presents its work and main results achieved under its programmes and campaigns.
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"Her Aftermath" report highlights the needs of civil society organizations (CSOs) and the women and girls that these CSOs serve across the earthquake-affected region in southeastern Türkiye.
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A decade after the first study on women’s entrepreneurship in Serbia, UN Women in Serbia supported the development of another study aimed to review the state of women’s entrepreneurship in a bid to identify changes, achievements, challenges and the potential of women’s entrepreneurship that future policies should focus on.